Edward MacDevitt
{{Short description|Australian politician}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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|name = Edward MacDevitt
|honorific-suffix =
|image = StateLibQld 1 131571 Portrait of Edward O'Donnell MacDevitt, 1874.jpg
| caption = Edward MacDevitt 1874
| constituency_AM1 = Kennedy
| assembly1 = Queensland Legislative
| term_start1 = 15 September 1870
| term_end1 = 18 November 1873
| predecessor1 = John Bright
| successor1 = John Macrossan
| constituency_AM2 = Ravenswood
| assembly2 = Queensland Legislative
| term_start2 = 18 November 1873
| term_end2 = 14 November 1874
| predecessor2 = New seat
| successor2 = Henry King
|birth_date = 1843
|birth_place = Glenties, County Donegal, Ireland
| death_date = 4 February 1898 (aged 54)
| death_place = Malvern, Victoria, Australia
|restingplace = St Kilda Cemetery
|birthname = Edward O'Donnell MacDevitt
|nationality = Irish Australian
|party =
|otherparty =
|spouse = Katy Power
| known_for =
| occupation = Barrister
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Edward MacDevitt was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.{{cite web|title=MacDevitt, Edward O'Donnell|url=https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=4166600696|website=Former Members Register|publisher=Queensland Parliament|accessdate=24 June 2015}}
He represented the Electoral district of Kennedy from 1870 to 1873, and the Electoral district of Ravenswood from 1873 to 1874.
Career
Personal life
He was born 1843 in Glenties, County Donegal, Ireland and died 1898 in Melbourne while trying to learn to ride a bike during a heatwave.{{cite web|last1=Gibbney|first1=H. J.|title=MacDevitt, Edward O'Donnell (1845–1898)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/macdevitt-edward-odonnell-4078|website=Australia Dictionary of Biography}}
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{{s-ttl |title= Member for Ravenswood|years=1873–1874}}
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Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Category:Colony of Queensland people
Category:Attorneys-general of Queensland
Category:Irish emigrants to colonial Australia